Why did you move to Florida ?

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Either way, we welcome you old decrepit northerners who have squandered your entire lives in a dismal geographical existence, and now are left to cashing in your chips at a chance of the Florida dream.

Old, who is old... 47 and ready to retire and earned my money and I am coming down to YES, spend it in Florida.

We had added strenght to your state and continue to do so.
You dont see it because you dont want to.

Gosh, another Northern hater...

And Yes, tourist job cover 75% of your state income and it isnt Florida residents who are tourists.

I applied to join the Pa state police at age 28 (after getting an AST degree and military service). I was a divorced father and looking to better myself. I jumped through all the hoops including an overnight trip to Hershey for the rigorous testing they do.

I ended up on or near the top of every ranking to get into the next class. But during the background check my ex did and said everthing she could do to keep me from realizing my dream. I can't to this day figure this out, since our child would have benefited on so many levels.

I gave up on Pa and the politics of that area. Her family had alot of power and I was spinning my wheels. I didn't want to be away from my son, but I wanted more out of life. She forced me to make a choice.

I moved to Fla for the expanded opportunities and to get in on the ground floor of a boom town (port saint lucie -1989). I ended up with a successful life and health insurance practice. I never have to buy advertising. My reputation gets me the work I need to succeed.

But I would have been happier being the hero I tried to be for my son. My father was a cop and I thought he was the greatest man who ever took a breath. I still (to this day)don't understand why a woman would cut her own childs throat like that.

I now own a vacation home in Pa and rarely see my son. He has been thoroughly brain washed against me over the last 2 decades. His mothers family gave him a 300k home at the age of 24 and he can't read or write.

He had no idea of how average people struggle to get what he was given so easily. Has no idea how it took his father 20 years to get to a point where he could buy a nice home in Pa to be near him again...

PSL is not what it was. But my son isn't either. NEPA isn't what it was. Nothing is. You go bend with the wind or you break. I couldn't take the heat of Fl summers anymore. But I also couldn't take the cold of the Pocono winters either. As we age we get less tolerant of extremes in temp..

Look, it boils down to this. Northerners have been moving down to Florida for years and it's not about to stop anytime soon. You 'natives' can either live with it and not let it rent space in your brain (as my grandma would say) or leave!!!

People move to Florida to make a better life. Just as Riverview wants to "escape" what she/he perceives as a bad situation by moving to North Florida!!!! God forbid North Floridians start complaining about all the Central and South Floridians moving up here!

I applied to join the Pa state police at age 28 (after getting an AST degree and military service). I was a divorced father and looking to better myself. I jumped through all the hoops including an overnight trip to Hershey for the rigorous testing they do.

I ended up on or near the top of every ranking to get into the next class. But during the background check my ex did and said everthing she could do to keep me from realizing my dream. I can't to this day figure this out, since our child would have benefited on so many levels.

I gave up on Pa and the politics of that area. Her family had alot of power and I was spinning my wheels. I didn't want to be away from my son, but I wanted more out of life. She forced me to make a choice.

I moved to Fla for the expanded opportunities and to get in on the ground floor of a boom town (port saint lucie -1989). I ended up with a successful life and health insurance practice. I never have to buy advertising. My reputation gets me the work I need to succeed.

But I would have been happier being the hero I tried to be for my son. My father was a cop and I thought he was the greatest man who ever took a breath. I still (to this day)don't understand why a woman would cut her own childs throat like that.

I now own a vacation home in Pa and rarely see my son. He has been thoroughly brain washed against me over the last 2 decades. His mothers family gave him a 300k home at the age of 24 and he can't read or write.

He had no idea of how average people struggle to get what he was given so easily. Has no idea how it took his father 20 years to get to a point where he could buy a nice home in Pa to be near him again...

PSL is not what it was. But my son isn't either. NEPA isn't what it was. Nothing is. You go bend with the wind or you break. I couldn't take the heat of Fl summers anymore. But I also couldn't take the cold of the Pocono winters either. As we age we get less tolerant of extremes in temp..

sorry to hear about your relationship with your son. Too many kids grow up without their fathers. It's a shame to see a parent not be able to be involved in thier childrens lives - especially when they want to be.

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